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Boatman, Sara A. – Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 2007
I'd like to share with you some thoughts from my last 20 years of leadership study and what I've come to understand during this time about women in relationship to leadership. Consider these remarks personal reflections on some of what has been written and discussed about leadership and especially about how women relate to leadership. Let's wonder…
Descriptors: Females, Attitudes, Leadership, Administration
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Grimm, Nancy M. – Writing Center Journal, 2009
This article presents the author's address for the International Writing Centers Association Conference in Las Vegas. The author's argument in this talk stresses the importance of paying attention to the conceptual frames writing tutors use to understand the world, their work, and the impact of their work on the world, and this attentiveness to…
Descriptors: Laboratories, Tutors, Speeches, Professional Associations
Hovelynk, Johan – Horizons, 2000
"Moments at the edge" occur when adventure participants reach the boundaries of their assumptions and mental frames and are ready to experiment with a new, more successful, mindset. Facilitators can support this experiment if the moment is recognized. Several indicators of the edge are described, and a case study of "edgework"…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Attitude Change, Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Structures
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Michaels, Erica; Bell, Randy L. – Science Teacher, 2003
In today's climate of content standards and high-stakes testing, science teachers are under more pressure than ever to focus on the "ready-made" knowledge of science content. Yet, science educators have long advocated a more balanced approach to science instruction, including emphasis on the processes by which scientific knowledge is produced, as…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Scientists, Values, Misconceptions